TTAG’s Summer Content Contest Rolls On

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Have you noticed the post titles indicating contest entries? We can't get anything past you, can we? We're getting lots of entries for our summer content contest that runs through the end of July...

Contest Entry: Gun Review – Ruger American Ranch Rifle in 300BLK

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By LB Although I’m typically not one that’s interested in the lightest, smallest, or most generic offering out there, the Ruger American Ranch Rifle appealed to me. With a 16” threaded barrel and a weight...
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An Open Letter to Open Carriers

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By Will Mitchell As a rural Alabama civilian I’ve never experienced any type of major crime. Never has my home been burglarized, never have I experienced an armed robbery, and never have I ever felt...

Contest Entry: Training Tip – Take Advantage of Defensive Gun Use Videos

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https://youtu.be/McaOSjkeLvs By Michael in GA I watched the video of Pinch, West Virginia pharmacist Don Radcliff who successfully thwarted an armed robbery. I watch a lot of defensive shooting videos for more than entertainment value. I agree...

Get Your Summer Content Contest Entry In Now!

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A free rifle or 250 rounds of commemorative smoothbore fun can be a powerful draw. Just take a gander at all some of the excellent Summer Content Contest entries we've already received. The good news:...

Contest Entry: I Will Not Comply

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By Dereck Hornilla I used to live in Charleston, South Carolina for the better part of a decade, and I was just as saddened as others when I saw the news of the Charleston Shooting....

Content Contest: How The Army Almost Ruined Guns For Me

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By Matthew Gray When my brother and I were young men, we were both obsessed with guns. Our favorite book was an encyclopedia of weapons. It covered the first rocks and clubs of ancient man,...

Contest Entry: How I Saved a Mossberg 500 From a Horrible Death

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By Shawn Graber Last summer, I saved a Mossberg 500A 12-gauge shotgun from the gaping maw of state-assisted eviceration. A city here in Iowa was offering "CA$H 4 TEH EVIL BOOMSTICKS" with high hopes that...

Contest Entry: My Most Important Gun – A Browning Buck Mark

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By Jeff the Griz The other day while reading TTAG RF asked, "What's the most important gun you own?" This got me thinking...I know dangerous, right? I thought about what firearms are important to me....

Contest Entry: Why M9s and Shotguns Are The Coolest Guns In The Army

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  I joined the Airborne infantry because jumping out of a perfectly good airplane seems easy when the static line pulls your shoot for you. That was honestly my line of thought when signing up....

Contest Entry: “L-Lincoln, L-Lincoln 5”

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By Bud Harton After coming home from Vietnam, I became a patrol officer in a small department in the south suburbs of Chicago. Although having spent almost three years in heavy combat, I was way...

Content Contest: Sometimes You Just Have to Take the Beating

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By Tim Ellwood I used to work for a major gun company back at the turn of the century. My job as a regional sales manager consisted of driving around a three-state area, going to gun shops....